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Bush's Final Approval Rating: 22 Percent

(CBS) President Bush will leave office as one of the most unpopular departing presidents in history, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll showing Mr. Bush's final approval rating at 22 percent.

Seventy-three percent say they disapprove of the way Mr. Bush has handled his job as president over the last eight years.

Mr. Bush's final approval rating is the lowest final rating for an outgoing president since Gallup began asking about presidential approval more than 70 years ago.

The rating is far below the final ratings of recent two-term presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, who both ended their terms with a 68 percent approval rating, according to CBS News polling.

I'm not surprised at the low approval rating though, I suppose it's to be expected when you simultaneously leave the country engaged in politico-military debacles and major economic crises, degrade the constitution, massively bumble natural disaster relief efforts, and stunt environmental protection. I suppose doing all that gets you a 22% approval rating.

I heard a funny quote about this somewhere, I forget where:

"You know W must have been preeeetty bad when everyday Americans were willing to elect a black guy with an Islamic name as President because he's offering change."

I think anyone that gets elected has a pretty high approval rating before they are sworn in. If they didn't have a high approval rating they wouldn't get elected. Especially when everyone believes in his campaign on "hope"